- Date
- October 22, 1989, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Mountain Home, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N22614Cessna 150H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891022043489A
- Case key
- 23070
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Probable cause
Lack of airspeed for a climb to clear obstacles off the departure end of the runway, resulting in a precautionary landing into unsuitable terrain. The inadequate airspeed was a result of an encounter with deer during the take off and the pilots vertical maneuver to avoid a collision.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that deer crossed in front of the aircraft, late in the takeoff roll, and the pilot ballooned the aircraft to avoid a collision. This maneuver prevented proper climb speed from being attained and the pilot stated that he was just able to clear a fence and tree at the departure end of the airstrip. He elected to execute a precautionary landing into unsuitable terrain to avoid an inflight collision with trees further down his flightpath. During the landing rollout, the aircraft collided with a calf and trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22614
- Reported as
- Cessna 150H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15068404
- Airframe hours
- 2,867
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bennack Flying Service, Inc.
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1989 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- NONE · Mountain Home, TX
- Destination
- NONE · Lyford, TX
- Airport
- Bennack Pvt.
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,150 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N22614 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.